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Allowing anything but sewage and paper to be in sewers
Cap. 222, s. 119 · Revised Edition 2020
Where any garbage, hair, ashes, fruit, vegetables, rags,
bottles, tins, refuse, or any other matter or thing whatever,
except sewage and the necessary paper is thrown into or deposited in any receptacle connected with a house sewer, either by the occupier of the premises or by anyone else, the occupier and also that person is liable for all damage occasioned thereby and for all expenses incurred in repairing and rectifying the damage and in addition the person throwing or depositing such matter commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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